Horse-detacher



, UNITED 4STATI-3s PATENT OFFICEQ eHAUNoY L. 'cRoWELn or rEoRIA,ILLINOIS.

HoBsE-DETACHER. f

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 292,208, dated January22., 1884.

` Application filed October 31, 1883. (No model.)

. To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that LCHAUNGY LCROWELL, of Peoria, in the county of Peoriaand'State of Illinois, have invented an Improved Horse- DetachingDevice; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description thereof', reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, in which like letters of referencerefer to like parts, and in which#- l Figure l represents aperspective-view of the same; Fig. 2, a longitudinal section of thesingle-tree hook; Fig. 3, a perspective view of the holdback-hook.

The object of this invention is the construction of single-tree andholdback-hooks that may be readily detached from the traces andholdback-straps by the occupants of the carriage while in motion.

In the drawings, D represents the singletree hook, capable of detachmentfrom the traces b means of a cord or stra) D running therefrom to withineasy reach, of the occupants of the carriage, and C is one of theholdback-hooks, so designed as to automatically release theholdback-strap therefrom when the horse leaves the shafts of thecarriage.

A is one of the shafts; B, the cross-bar; R, the single-tree. Upon leachend of the singletreeR is astrong metal ferrule, E, at the outer endofwhich is a hook, E. A cylindrical hole, F, is bored into-each end of thesingletree, and a coiled spring, S, and a small rod, F, inserted intoeach of said'holes F. As the ends of the single-tree are both alike, Iwill limit my description to one alone. As shown in Fig. 2, the rod F isimpressed by the spring S against the vinner face of the hook E.Projecting upward and partially Abackward from the ferrule E is a hollowboss, E2, within and at the upper end` lof whichis pivoted theangle-iron N N. rIhe arm N of this angle-iron projects downward into aslot cut through the rod F, while the other end, N, extendsapproximately horizontally for a short distance, and is furnished with astrap or cord, D.

In using my single-tree hook, when it is desired to4 attach the tracethereto, I pull the end N 3 of the angle-iron N N away from thesingle-tree, and its end N consequently presses the rod F against thespring S away from the hook E. When the said rod F has beensufciently'retraeted, the puncturedend of the trace is put between saidrod and the hook E', and the angle-iron N released. Ihe spring S thenforces the end of the rod F back into the opening of the trace andagainst the hook E. The traces are in this way-most securely held to thesingle-tree, and can be in no way released therefrom except by raisingthe arm N.

To detach the traces from the hooks D all that the arms N with thehands, or by pulling the v cords or straps DC Since the horse is securedto the shafts by means of the holdback-straps, as well as by the tracesto the single-tree, it is not sufficient to make'the traces alonedetachable by the occupants When there is danger of a run-away, forthere would still be the holdbacks binding the carriage to the horse. Itherefore construct the holdback-hooks C asshown in Fig. '3. rIhisvconsists of a hook, C, cast as a part of the standard C', by which itcan be screwed to the upper side of the shaft A. To this same standard,at M2, is pivoted the curved shank M, at theother end of which is thehook M. Said hook is arranged in such away as to permit its beingdropped down infront of the convex face of the hook C, or to be raisedup and back away therefrom. In using this hook, the loop of theholdback-strap is put into the hook M, the same being raised A C, itslides from said hook M, and the horse is entirely detached from thecarriage.

What I claim as my invention is as follows:

In :i horse-detuohing device of that kind in l In testimony that I claimthe foregoing in- '1o which there is :t Cylindrical opening, F,fervention I have hereunto set my hand this 22d rule E, having` hook E',and i rod, F, at erioh day of October, 1883. end of the single-treethereof, as shown, the combination, with such a single-tree, fel-rule,CHAUNCY L. (JROMIELL. and hook, of hollow boss E2, formed as a part ofsaid ferrule, the angle-iron N pivoted XVitnesSes: to and in the saine,and the rod F, having a I. D. BASTOW, slot therein, as and for thepurpose set forth. J. M. MORSE.

